Free Live Expedition to Arctic & Antarctic Poles!

April 10th, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Tuesday, April 10, 2012 and time for Science at Clickschooling!

Recommended Website:
STEM Academy: Virtual Arctic Expedition

Age Range: 11-18 (about grades 6-12 with parental supervision)

This coming Thursday, April, 12th, at 1:00 PM (ET) you can take the ultimate virtual expedition to explore the Arctic and Antarctic poles with scientists from Discovery Channel’s groundbreaking series, Frozen Planet. This broadcast is sponsored by the STEM Academy. (STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.)

Scientists will talk about their experiences in the polar regions and the work they are doing each and every day to study the evolving landscape and ecosystems there.

As explained at the website, researchers “will discuss how their career lets them make a positive impact on the environment every day, and what students can do to make a difference.”  

Registration is required but no special equipment is needed to view this event online. All you need is an internet connected computer.

Those that register for the event will be notified when the archive is available soon after the live event. So, if you can’t make the date/time for the live event, you’ll be able to watch the broadcast when it’s convenient.

Enjoy!

Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
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You’ll enjoy the daily recommendations (delivered directly to your email inbox) for educational and entertaining websites that help your kids learn.

Each day of the week is themed around a particular subject as follows:

  • Monday is Math
  • Tuesday is Science
  • Wednesday is Language Arts
  • Thursday is Social Sciences
  • Friday is a Virtual Field Trip
  • Saturday is for Music, Art, & Foreign Languages

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Diane Flynn Keith began publishingClickSchoolingin the year 2000 while she and her husband, Cliff, homeschooled their sons. Now, Diane’s sons are grown, and she is an internationally recognized voice in education outside the traditional classroom walls.

Diane is the author of the rave-reviewed book,Carschooling: Over 350 Entertaining Games & Activities To Turn Travel Time Into Learning Time with games like Windshield Entomology, Road-Cut Geology, 18-Wheeler Chemistry, and Drive-By History that are guaranteed to turn your kids into “Road Scholars”.

Stop by the Carschooling website for tons of resources and activities for you and your family to enjoy at www.Carschooling.com.

Ms. Keith is also a popular speaker at education conferences throughout the U.S. To learn more about booking Diane for a lively presentation at your next event email: editor@homefires.com.

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Diane’s best-selling program is her new “Unschool Your Teen Audio Seminar & Resource Guide.” It shows parents how to collaborate with their teens to bypass high school and standardized curriculum and still get into the college of their choice and/or have the career of their dreams. Learn more at www.UnschoolYourTeen.com.

Diane’s latest program,Basic Building Blocks for Homeschool Success,” is a step-by-step guide to homeschooling filled with resources and information on how to begin homeschooling and thrive doing it! Learn more at www.Homefires.com/buildingblocks.

Today, Diane guides and mentors families through her websites, coaching programs, and live events. She is driven to liberate families from conventional schooling so that they can live happy, fulfilled, extraordinary lives.

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Free Easter Books!

April 4th, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Wednesday April 4, 2012 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

Easter is almost here! You may enjoy these free, Easter-themed online books for kids

Recommended Websites:
See Below

Age Range: All (with parental supervision)

*21 Easter Activities for Kids
Get a free, downloadable Easter-themed activity book. It contains games, riddles, Easter Word Sudoku and other Word Puzzles, Math Puzzles, Easter Poems, Easter Crafts and more! Print it out and take it along in the car on Easter and Spring Break road trips! 

*Easter: The King James Version for children with beautiful illustrations by Jan Pienkowski

*The Tale of Peter Rabbit By Beatrix Potter
A beloved, illustrated children’s classic that you can read aloud online.

*The Adventurous Bunny and Easter Island
A wonderful online tale of the mis-adventures of a lovable bunny at Easter time.

 

Easter Egg Science!

April 3rd, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Tuesday April 3, 2012 and time for Science at ClickSchooling!

Easter and Spring Festivals are here! Eggs are everywhere in omelets to Easter baskets! Here are some fun ways to use eggs to learn science…

Recommended Websites:
See Below

Age Range: Varies (with parental supervision)

*Discovery Education: The Good Egg Project - ClickScholar Fran Wisniewski recommended this website that offers free, downloadable egg-themed, lesson plans on agriculture and nutrition for grades K-5.

Don’t miss the FREE Farm-To-Table Virtual Field Trip on April 18th at 1:00 PM (ET). Register to virtually transport your kids to a working egg farm.

*Science Junction: Egg-Cellent Adventures - An egg is a very big cell. This website offers science experiments to help you discover:

  • The Biochemistry of the Egg Shell
  • Diffusion and Osmosis in Animal Cells
  • Physics via The Flying Pizza Pan Egg Drop!

*San Diego Zoo: Egg-speriments - The San Diego Zoo has a resident scientist who offers some fun facts about eggs and some egg-citing science activities with hard boiled and raw eggs including:

  • What’s the Strongest? — Test the strength of eggs!
  • Make an Egg Float — Find out what a little salt water can do to help.
  • Spin Your Eggs — Use this trick to tell which egg is raw, and which is hard-boiled!
  • The Egg-in-a-Bottle Trick — Find out how to get a whole, intact, hard boiled egg into a narrow-necked bottle!

*Spinning Hard Boiled Egg Water Sprinkler - The Science Frontiers website explains how to make hard boiled eggs act like water sprinklers — has something to do with gravity and centrifugal force.

*Make A Hard Eggshell Soft!This eggs-citing experiment uses a little vinegar and a hard-boiled egg to get some amazing results.

Easter Egg Math for K-12!

April 2nd, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Monday, April 2, 2012 and time for Math at ClickSchooling!

Easter and Spring Festivals are here! Eggs are everywhere in omelets to Easter baskets! Here are some fun ways to use eggs to learn math…

Recommended Websites:
See Below

Age Range: All (varies by website, with parental supervision)

Chickscope

The egg’s interesting mathematical properties are explored at this site that seems to be designed for students in junior high and up. Explore the symmetry of eggs, dividing eggs equally, spherical geometry, and embryo calculus to determine how many cells are in a chick and more. When you get to the site just click on the module that interests you on the menu, and a new page opens with lesson plans and activities.

Egg Math Worksheet
Print out this worksheet with elementary grades, egg-themed math word problems.

LessonPlansPage.com: Easter Egg Math
This website offers an Easter-egg-themed math lesson for Kindergartners in a classroom. It can easily be adjusted for use in a homeschool or as a family activity

Egg Carton Math
Recycle your egg cartons into a fun math game that kids of all ages will enjoy!

Egg Math Brain Teaser
Are you an egghead? Kids (grade 3 and up) will have to use their eggs to figure out the answer to this reverse cryptogram.

 

Say “Happy Easter” In Every Language!

March 31st, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi! It’s Saturday, March 31, 2012 and time for Foreign Languages at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Omniglot.com

Age Range:  All (with parental supervision)

This terrific website helps you learn to say or write “Happy Easter” in many languages of the world.

When you get to the site you’ll see a menu of languages with “Happy Easter” printed in each language. Some of those written expressions are linked to a sound file. Click on it and you can hear a native speaker say the words. Some of the languages you’ll find include:

  • Afrikaans
  • Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese)
  • French
  • German
  • Hindi
  • Italian
  • Latin
  • Persian
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Ukrainian
  • Welsh
  • Zulu

And many more! When you’re through learning to say “Happy Easter” check out the rest of this site that provides useful phrases, free video lessons, and songs in different languages of the world. 

 

Marshmallow Peeps Virtual & Video Factory Tours!

March 30th, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Friday, March 30, 2012 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!
 
Recommended Website:
MarshmallowPeeps.com

Age Range:  All (with parental supervision)

Marshmallow Peeps are everywhere this time of year. Ever wonder how they’re made?  At this website you can take a virtual tour through text and photographs of how these traditional Easter-basket candy confections are manufactured.
 
While the tour is offered by the Just Born Company that makes Peeps, you’ll find better photos of their Peeps manufacturing process if you CLICK HERE.

PBS offers an educational VIDEO TOUR of Marshmallow Peeps manufacturing that features planning, production, and more. To see it, click on the link below:

VIDEO TOUR OF PEEPS FACTORY!

 

Free Language Arts “Audio School”

March 28th, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi! It’s Wednesday, March 28, 2012 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
My Audio School
 
Age Range:  All (with parental supervision)

This commercial website, founded by a homeschool parent, offers educational audio content such as classic books, old-time radio theater, historical radio and television broadcasts, and video clips on a variety of school subjects such as Ancient History, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the American Revolution, etc.

While 80% of the content is available for an annual fee of $14.99, 20% of the content is “unblocked” and available absolutely FREE, which is why we’re featuring it on ClickSchooling. Much of the free content focuses on Language Arts.

When you get to the site, scroll down the page to see a menu of the free titles that include:

  • A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Cat of Bubastes by G.A. Henty
  • Lord Byron, Selected Poems
  • The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
  • Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle
  • Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
  • In Flanders Field By John McCrae

You’ll also find more free poetry selections, a variety of art appreciation videos, videos that teach kids about bird watching, and even John F. Kennedy’s Moon Speech.

Most of the titles also come with links to curriculum (available for sale on CurrClick.com), as a way to enhance learning.

Again, you don’t need to purchase a thing to access the free or “unblocked” titles.

 

Fun Science with Bird Games & Activities

March 27th, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Tuesday, March 27, 2012 and time for Science at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Audubon: Just For Kids
 
Age Range: 6-12 (with parental supervision)

The National Audubon Society’s mission is “to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity.”  At their website, they offer a kids’ section filled with games and activities that teach children about birds and other animals.

When you get to the site you’ll see a selection of activities that include:

*Green Scene – Solve riddles that test your knowledge about ecology as it relates to air, health, water, energy, land, and wildlife.

*The Game Place – Play games that teach about bird species and their songs, as well as bird migration.

*Video & Live Cams – Enjoy live streaming from cameras trained on a Hummingbird nest and Barn Owl nest. Watch a variety of wildlife video clips that include a bat, bobcat, cougar, fox, hawk, and more!

*State Bird Department – Do you know the name of your state bird? Find out here!

When you’re through exploring the “Just For Kids” section of this site, use the menu at the top of the screen for more in-depth information on birds, conservation efforts, and more.

 

Virtual Field Trip to Kaleidoscope Factory!

March 23rd, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Friday, March 23, 2012 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Iowa Public Television: Kaleidoscope Factory

Age Range: All (with parental preview & supervision)

At this website you can watch a 6-7 minute video about how kaleidoscopes are manufactured at the Kaledoscope Factory in Pomeroy, Iowa. The segment was filmed for the “Iowa’s Simple Pleasures” program for Iowa Public Television.

When you’re through watching the video, you can learn more by visiting The Kaleidoscope Factory website. Use the menu to explore their history and see their products.

They also provide a link to a free digital publication about the history of the kaleidoscope called “The Kaleidoscope” by Sir David Brewster.

Make Your Own Kalidoscope!
Click on the link above to access National Geographic Kids’ instructions for a homemade kaleidoscope. Have fun!

 

Free “Constitution 101″ Video Course!

March 22nd, 2012 by admin No comments »

Hi!  It’s Thursday, March 22, 2012 and time for Social Sciences at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Constitution 101: The Meaning and History

Age Range: 13 and up (approximately, with parental supervision)

ClickScholar Pat Forsythe suggested this website, sponsored by Hillsdale College, that offers a free video course called “Constitution 101: The Meaning and History,” complete with lectures, readings, quizzes, and downloadable study guides. The lectures follow the one-semester course given to the college’s undergraduate students, but teens and their parents will enjoy the material as well.

Pat wrote, “You do have to register, but it is free and I have not received other unwanted email.” A donation is suggested, but it is not required to access the course.

The lectures are released weekly through April 23, 2012. Once released, they are archived at the site so that you can access them at any time. The 10-lecture video series is pre-recorded. Each lasts approximately 40 minutes. You will also be able to access free “Readings” (pdfs) that include:

  • The Declaration of Independence
  • The Articles of Confederation
  • The Northwest Ordinance
  • The Constitution of the United States of America

The downloadable “Study Guide” includes lecture summaries, readings, key passages, study questions, and discussion questions. Multiple choice quizzes test your comprehension of the lectures and readings. Learn more at the website.